Bangladeshi police fired live rounds and rubber bullets today at some 2,000 stone-throwing garment workers, who were protesting over the death of a fellow worker killed in a demonstration the day before.

An Election Commission official said Bangladesh’s general elections scheduled to take place on December 18 may be delayed by 10 days if all political parties agree.

At least 15 people were killed in central Bangladesh today when a packed river ferry capsized after hitting a cargo boat.

A series of bombs in two Bangladesh cities killed at least eight people and injured 66 today in what appeared to be the latest attack by militant Muslims who want to impose harsh Islamic law, officials said.

Police have arrested 11 people in connection with a bomb attack by suspected Islamic militants that killed two judges in southern Bangladesh, an investigator said today.

At least 80,000 people were stranded in northern Bangladesh after floods triggered by heavy rains swamped dozens of villages.

The death toll after three Bangladeshi ferries capsized in stormy weather in a week increased to 146 today, rescue officials said, as hopes faded for 174 people still missing.

A fire raged through a crowded downtown Dhaka market today, gutting nearly 1,800 bamboo and tin shops, killing at least one person and injuring nearly 15 others, a fire official said.

At least 38 people were killed and hundreds injured when tornadoes tore through northern Bangladesh blowing away thousands of flimsy huts, officials said today.